Chapter 63 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 63

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 63.2

रामलक्ष्मणयोश्चैव विवासाद् वासवोपमम्। आपेदे उपसर्गस्तं तमः सूर्यमिवासुरम्॥

rāmalakṣmaṇayoścaiva vivāsād vāsavopamam| āpede upasargastaṃ tamaḥ sūryamivāsuram||

English Meaning

I consequence of the exile of Rāma and Laks mana, the king resembling Våsava was overpowered by grief, like the darkness of Rāhu enveloping the sun. was own

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)